The Official Change in Conferring and Ordaining, Part 4 of Holy Priesthood Vol 1

The Official Change in Conferring and Ordaining, Part 4 of Holy Priesthood Volume 1 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=120 From 1830 until 1921, in spite of contradictions and confusion, the “generally accepted” procedure of the Church was to first confer Priesthood and then ordain men to offices in the Church. However, 2-1/2 years after Heber J. Grant became president, the First Presidency of the LDS Church, on April 26, 1921, issued an official statement as to the accepted procedure for Priesthood ordinations. The following wording was to be used from then on: As to the Melchezedek Priesthood–“By authority (for in the authority) of the Holy Priesthood and by the laying on of hands, I (or we) ordain you an Elder, (or Seventy, or High Priest, or Patriarch, or Apostle, as the case may be), in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and confer upon you all the rights, powers, keys and authority pertaining to this office and calling in the Holy Melchizedek Priesthood, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.” (Mess. of First Presidency 5:120)